Wheeled vehicle.



No. 788,146. PATENTED APR. 25, 1905. n. SHARMAN.

WHEELED VEHICLE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 26.1904.

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Patented April 25, 1905.

DAVID SHARMAN, OF BRANDON, CANADA.

WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,146, dated April 25, 1905.

Application filed August 26, 1904. Serial No. 222,261.

down movement of the vehicle-body will be transmitted to horizontally-compressing springs by means of a gear mechanism which provides for great resiliency and freedom of movement.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying views, in which--- Figure l is a side view of the frame of a vehicle with the wheels removed; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing onehalf of it.

In the drawings, is a platform or body of the vehicle or wagon and is arranged to rest on the pins 12 on the segmental gears 13, which in turn are lixed in the supports ll on the stringer l-i. Running across the machine are the cross-beams 15, which are fast to the stringers H, and another set of cross-beams, 16, are arranged to slide on the top of the stringers 14:, and springs 17 between the crossbeams and l6 tend to normally throw them apart. Theracks 18 are secured to the movable cross-beams l6, and the teeth on them are in mesh with the teeth in the segmental gear 123.

Now it will be seen that any weight placed j. on the wagon will actuate the gear, the rack,

and the springs to press against the crossbeams 15. \Yhen the vehicle is put into motion by means of a horse or other power, the u p-and-down motion of the body of the vehicle caused by unevenness in the roadway will tend to operate the springs in a horizontal direction, and thus a very easy and resilient spring action is provided.

Having thus fully described my invention, lclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A wheeled vehicle, comprising a frame, springs secured to the frame and disposed to extend and compress horizontally, crossbeanis acting on the springs, racks arranged to slide with the cross-beams, gears arranged in mesh with the racks, studs projecting inwardly from the gears, and a body arranged to rest on the studs.

2. A vehicle comprising a frame, horizontally-mowing springs supported by the frame, sliding racks supported on the frame and connected operatively to the springs, gears supported on the frame in mesh with the racks, and a body pivoted to the gears off their supporting-axes.

DAV .l l.) SHARA IAN.

\Vitnesses:

(i. B. COLEMAN, P. llairrxnr. 

